Evangelism
Uplook Magazine, May 1991 Written by J.J. Rouse […]
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J. J. Rouse
The teenage rascals had caught “Rodney,” the old roan horse, and were leading him to the door of the large tent. The boys, whispering, moved quickly. One pulled Rodney’s head through the tent entrance. The other boy lifted its tail and put a bull thistle under it. Within the canvas walls the meeting was in […]
The Ongoing Need
In response to an article on the life of F. S. Arnot in our March 1991 issue, we were sent a copy of a news item published in Britain at the time of one of Arnot’s visits to his homeland. Since one of the purposes of this magazine is to seek to stir up evangelistic […]
Things that Matter
“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:18). “The heavens shall pass away . . . the earth also and the works that are therein […]
Prayer Power
While Alexander Marshall was preaching in a country district, near Orillia, using a tent, the prejudice among the people was terrible. Within two thousand yards from the Gospel tent lived an Irishman, who was a very devout Episcopalian. It was beneath his dignity to go to the tent, but one Sunday afternoon as he was […]
Hitchhiking on Purpose
For over twenty years, George Watmough did what the Holy Spirit told Philip to do: “Go near, and join thyself to this chariot” (Acts 8:29). As he traveled from place to place preaching the Word of God, he used hitchhiking as his means of transportation. The Lord preserved him as he made more than thirty […]
To Be Remembered
Deep in the Black Hills of western South Dakota looms Mount Rushmore from which gaze the mighty stone faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln. They join the long parade of statues, obelisks, monuments, hieroglyphs and records that attempt to immortalize mortal men. From the dawn of recorded history, it has been enshrined […]
Do You Value the Lord’s Supper?
“They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers.” Acts 2:42 NKJ Prior to the Reformation, the focus of church worship was on the mass and its liturgy. Then the Reformers rediscovered justification by grace through faith and proclaimed Scripture as the sole authority of the Church. […]
Reflecting the Light
God is a God of order, and this is clearly seen in His creation (1 Cor. 14:33). Usually, when we think of order, we think of the order of arrangement. This thought is found in the New Testament word “world” (kosmos), which means “an orderly arrangement” (John 1:10). The placing of the members in the […]